ACCEPT your reality and put your best foot forward is the motto of Major Devender Pal Singh (Retd), a Kargil war veteran, the first blade runner in India, and the first disabled solo skydiver in Asia.
He has inspired more than 1, 00,000 students, including those who were on the verge of committing suicide due to academic pressure and other factors, and has empowered 2,600 amputees to date. He has also given more than 500 motivational lectures in various institutions, schools, and corporate offices.
In 1999, Singh was a young army officer commanding a post in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor region just 80 metres from an enemy post. Then, one day, firing from the other side of the border began, and a mortar exploded only 1.5 metres from him. Singh was rescued and sent to an army hospital, where a doctor pronounced him dead. However, he was revived because of the proverb “Jaako raakhe saiyan mar sake na koye,” but his right leg had to be removed because gangrene had already taken hold. Additionally, he underwent two stomach operations due to partial hearing and 73 lodged splinters in his body. The 49-year-old Singh added, “Whatever position you are in, wherever you are, just accept that situation.”
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